Rail-fastener.



No. 796,806. PATEN-TED AUG. 8, 1905. G. W. BUSCH & L. REGDON.

RAIL FASTENEB..

APPLICATION FILED 11211.19, 1905.

, of the same.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8,1905.`

Application led April 19, 1905. SeriaINo. 256,426.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. BUSCH, a citizen of the United States of America, and LOUIS REGDON, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and use-- ful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. l

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail-fasteners, and more particularly to fasteners adapted to be used in connection with rails having metallic foundations, such as plates or ties.

To this end the invention aims to provide novel and effectual means for retaining a section of rail in engagement with its foundation or support. In this connection the invention primarily aims to provide a simple and inexpensive fastener which can be easily and quickly manipulated to lock a rail-section in engagement with its support or foundation.

Another object of this invention is to provide a novel form of nut-lock adapted to be used in connection with our improved railfastener, whereby the nuts used in connection with the same cannot become loose or detached from their respective bolts.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and then's'peciiically pointed out in the claims.

y The essential features of our invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and while we have illustrated the preferred embodiments of our invention it is obvious that the same are susceptible to various structural changes which will be permissible by the appended claims.

. In the accompanying drawings like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure l is an end view of our improved fastener as applied to a rail-section having a suitable support. Fig. 2 is a top plan View Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the rail-fastener as applied to a railsection and its support, part of said rail-fastener being shown in side elevation. Fig. 4. is a top plan view of a washer employed in connection with the rail-fastener. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 6 is an end view of one of the clamping members of the fastener. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line m m of Fig. 2 looking in the directionof the arrow. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary top plan view of a standard metallic tie constructed in accordance with our invention.

Fig. 10 is a detailed perspective view of a modified form of bolt which may be used in connection with the fastener.

To put our invention into practice, we employ a metallic foundation or base plate l to support a rail-section 2. The foundation or base plate 1 may represent the rail-supporting surface of ametallic tie or the like structure employed for supporting rails. In this vconnection we do not care to confine ourselves to any speciiic metallic structure in connection with which our improved rail-fastener may be used, and for this reason We have simply illustrated a metallic plate as supporting a rail-section. The plate 1 is provided with a transversely-disposed 'slot 3. (Illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.) The plate is positioned relatively to the rail-section 2, whereby the one edge of said slot will border upon the one edge of the base 4 of the,

rail-section 2. In said slot we position a clamping member 5. (Illustrated in detail in Figs. 6 and7 of the drawings). The clampingmember consists of a metallic block having a central vertically-disposed aperture 6 formed therein, and upon each side of the aperture are formed depending lugs 7 7, which are disposed longitudinally of said block or in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof. The underneath edge of the member 5 is cut away, as indicated at 8, forming an outwardly-extending lip 9, adapted to engage the top edge of the base l of the rail-section. The curvature of the cut-away portion 8 is adapted to correspond substantially to the curvature of the edge of the base portion 4 of the rail, Whereby the clamping member when positioned withinV the slot 3 will firmly engage the base of the rail-section 2. When the locking member 5 is positioned upon the plate 1, the depending lugs 7 7 are adapted to lit snugly within the slot 3 and prevent the clamping member 5 from moving laterally upon the plate 1.

In connection with the clamping member 5 we employ a bolt 10, having a substantially T-shaped head 11. The head 11 of the bolt is adapted to engage the bottom surface of the plate 1 upon each side of the slot 3, the head lying transversely of the slot and having its screw-threaded shank portion 12 eX- tending upwardly through the aperture 6 of theclamping member 5.

A particular adjunct to our improved railfastener resides in the washer illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, this washer consisting of a plate 14, having a central aperture 15 formed therein, the diameter of which corresponds to the diameter of the bolt 10 and the aperture 6 of the clamping member 5. In top plan view the washer 14 is substantially hexagon shape, having a plurality of outwardly-extending wings or sides 16. One of these sides (designated 17) is adapted to be bent downwardly, as indicated at 18, to engage the side of the clamping member 5 when the washer has been positioned thereon over the screw-threaded shank portion 12 of the bolt. A nut 19 is then placed upon the screwthreaded shank lportion 12 of the bolt to retain the different parts of our improved fastener in engagement with one another.

In assembling the different parts of our improved fastener it has been found expedient to first place the bolt 1() in position, this being accomplished by forming the substantial] y T-shaped head 11 of such a size as to permit of it passing through the slot 3 of the plate 1. When the head of the bolt has been passed through the slot 3 and rotated to cause the head 11 to engage the underneath surface of the plate 1, the clamping member 5 is then placed in position within the slot 3, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 8 of the drawings. These parts being retained in their respective positions, the washer 14 is placed in position and the uut 19 rotated into engagement with the washer. When the nut 19 has been positioned upon the bolt 10 in engagement with the washer 14, one of the outwardly-extending wings or sides of the washer is adapted to be bent upwardly into engagement with one of the angularly-disposed surfaces of the nut 19, as illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings. When the nut has been rotated to firmly lock the diiferent parts of the fastener in engagement with one another and the washer bent to engage the nut 19 and the 011e side of the clamping member 5, it will be impossible for one part of the fastener to rotate independent of another part, and the fastener in its entirety will be prevented from moving by the snug iitting or frictional engagement of the depending lugs 7 7 within the slot 3 of the plate 1.

From the foregoing it will be observed that we havedevised novel and available means for firmly retaining a rail-section upon a metallic base or foundation, and while we have herein described the preferred form of nutlock used in connection with the fastener it is obvious that we may employ other means than that described and shown for retaining the nut inengagement with the bolt.

InFig. 10 of the drawings we have illustrated the bolt-head 2O slightly different from the preferred form of bolt. In this instance the shank portion of the bolt is positioned adjacent one end of the head 20--that is, the head 20 has a short arm 21 and a long arm 22. The end of the arm 21 is rounded, while the end of the arm 22 is square. In Fig. 9 we have illustrated a standard metallic tie 23, having a web portion 24. Adjacent to the web portion we provide a longitudinally-disposed slot 25, corresponding in contour to the head 2O ofthe bolt illustrated in Fig. 10 of the drawings. When the bolt is used in connection with the standard tie 23, the curved or rounded arm 21 of the head is adapted to be turned toward the web portion 24 of the tie, while the arm 22 is adapted to swing outwardly and engage the flanges of the tie.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a rail-support having an elongated slot extending transversely of the support, of a clamping member having a flange on one side edge to overlie and engage with the base-flange o f a rail, said clamping member having a bolt-opening, and having lugs on its underneath face at opposite sides of the bolt-opening which fit in the transverse slot in the rail-support, a bolt passed upwardly through said slot and the bolt-opening in the clamping member and having a T-shaped head to engage the underneath face of the rail, a nut on said bolt and a washer on said bolt having its opposite side edges bent into engagement with the clamping member and the nut, respectively.

2. The combination with a rail-support having an elongated slot, of a clamping member having aflanged side edge to overlie and engage with the base-flange of a rail, said clamping member having a bolt-opening, and having lugs ou its underneath face at opposite sides of the bolt-opening which fit in the slot of the rail-support, and a bolt having a T-shaped head, said bolt being passed through the boltopening in the clamping member and having its T-shaped head lying between the inner ends of the lugs carried by said clamping member.

3. The combination with a rail-support hav- In testimony whereof we. aiX our signatures 1n the presence of two wltnesses..

GEORGE w. BUSCH. Louis REenoN.

Witnesses:

K. H. BUTLER, GEO. W. GILEs. 

